Courtesy of Judith Gregg Librarian Catherine Arbogast heads out with a personalized book delivery from the Los Altos main library.

Love of learning and curiosity about the world sometimes grow only more urgent as a person spends more and more time at home, limited by age, health condition, or both. Librarians head out from the Los Altos main l...

Already known as an innovator in the tech field, Google Inc. is now moving in on the art world.

The Mountain View-based company July 11 launched the “Paint the Town” contest, a “moving art experiment” that invites California residents over the age of 13 to submit physical or digital artwork that would decorate the door...

Traci Newell/Town Crier The six-week, tuition-free Stretch to Kindergarten program, hosted at Bullis Charter School, serves children who have not attended preschool. A teacher leads children in singing about the parts of a butterfly, above.

courtesy of Rishi Bommannan Rishi Bommannan cycled from Bates College in Maine to his home in Los Altos Hills, taking several selfies along the way. He also raised nearly $13,000 for the Livestrong Foundation, which supports cancer patients.

The Town Crier’s recent article on coyotes venturing down from the foothills in search of sustenance referenced the organization Project Coyote (“Recent coyote attacks keep residents on edge,” July 1). Do not waste your time contac...

Photos by Alicia Castro/Town Crier Local residents participate in an exercise class at the Grant Park Senior Center, above. Betsy Reeves, below left with Gail Enenstein, lobbied for senior programming in south Los Altos.

Grace Wilson Franks, our beloved mother and grandmother, left us peacefully on July 16, 2015 just a few weeks short of her 92nd birthday. She was born to Ross and Florence (Cruzan) Wilson in rural Tulare, California on Septem...

Most of us have a place inside our hearts and minds that occasionally causes us trouble. For some, it is sadness, depression or despair. For others, it may be fear, anger, resentment or myriad other emotional “dark places” that at times seem to hij...

The 14th annual Town Crier Holiday Fund is underway. The campaign launches earlier than usual this year to extend notice to potential donors. The fund, founded in 2000, supports Silicon Valley nonprofit organizations whose work directly benefits those in need, particularly children.

The Town Crier staff hopes to top last year’s total, which reached $230,000. The fund has raised more than $2 million since its inception.

All contributions to the Holiday Fund are tax deductible – donations are processed through a donor-advised fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The foundation provides letters acknowledging the contributions and, after Jan. 1, writes checks disbursing the money to the recipients selected by the Town Crier staff.

The 20 nonprofits from last year will again benefit in 2013. Recipients include: ALearn; Bayshore Christian Ministries; Career Closet; Child Advocates of Santa Clara County; the Children’s Health Council; the Community Health Awareness Council; the Community Services Agency’s fresh foods program; the Community School of Music and Arts program for autistic children; Downtown Alum Rock College Prep; the East Palo Alto Kids Foundation; Help One Child; Hidden Villa summer camps; Jeremiah’s Promise; the MERIT program at the Krause Center for Innovation; Music for Minors; Partners for New Generations; Reach Potential Movement; RotaCare; Sunday Friends; and the Veterans Resource Center at Foothill College.

Articles outlining the mission, goals and program needs of each group will appear in upcoming issues of the Town Crier.

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